Turn on Computer with 120V, not Dell Power Button

My computer lives in another room from my monitor, keyboard, DVD
drive, etc. Is there anyway to bypass the power button on the front
of my Dell E510 and have it turn on by simply supplying the computer
with power? This is easy for me to control remotely.

Thanks,

Sure. It's one of the BIOS options -- usually called AC Recovery.

Set it to ON.

> -----Original Message-----
> From: kkf718 [mailto:filar@alum.mit.edu]
> Posted At: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 12:09 AM
> Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
> Conversation: Turn on Computer with 120V, not Dell Power Button
> Subject: Turn on Computer with 120V, not Dell Power Button
>
> My computer lives in another room from my monitor, keyboard, DVD
> drive, etc. Is there anyway to bypass the power button on the front
> of my Dell E510 and have it turn on by simply supplying the computer
> with power? This is easy for me to control remotely.
>
> Thanks,

Tom Scales wrote:
> Sure. It's one of the BIOS options -- usually called AC Recovery.
>
> Set it to ON.

Wouldn't that mean he'd have to turn it off that way, too? Not exactly
recommended procedure. Once you shut the machine down properly, there's
no recovery to be done so turning on the electric won't do a thing.

I'd just put the machine into sleep mode instead.

Bob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bob Levine [mailto:fake@fake.com.invalid]
> Posted At: Wednesday, January 16, 2008 7:36 AM
> Posted To: alt.sys.pc-clone.dell
> Conversation: Turn on Computer with 120V, not Dell Power Button
> Subject: Re: Turn on Computer with 120V, not Dell Power Button
>
> Tom Scales wrote:
> > Sure. It's one of the BIOS options -- usually called AC Recovery.
> >
> > Set it to ON.
>
> Wouldn't that mean he'd have to turn it off that way, too? Not exactly
> recommended procedure. Once you shut the machine down properly,
there's
> no recovery to be done so turning on the electric won't do a thing.
>
> I'd just put the machine into sleep mode instead.
>
> Bob

Nope. Shut it down properly, then turn off the power. Turn on the
power and it boots. All my machines are setup this way.

There is another option called LAST that means when you shut it down
properly you have to press the computer power button. It also means if
there is a power failure, it will turn itself back on. Haven't figured
out when I'd use that.

Tom Scales wrote:

> Nope. Shut it down properly, then turn off the power. Turn on the
> power and it boots. All my machines are setup this way.

Duly noted.

Bob

On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:09:21 -0800 (PST), kkf718 <filar@alum.mit.edu>
wrote:

>My computer lives in another room from my monitor, keyboard, DVD
>drive, etc. Is there anyway to bypass the power button on the front
>of my Dell E510 and have it turn on by simply supplying the computer
>with power? This is easy for me to control remotely.
>
>Thanks,


Correct me please since I'm no electrical engineer but do we run on
110 volts or 120 volts (USA)? I seem to recall hearing about house
wiring either using 110 or 220 so I assumed that meant 110 volts? I
guess I need a small electrical education. Sad to say I use
electricity every day and don't even know what I use. I guess I will
have to Google this .

Bob Levine wrote:
> Tom Scales wrote:
>
>> Nope. Shut it down properly, then turn off the power. Turn on the
>> power and it boots. All my machines are setup this way.
>
> Duly noted.
>
> Bob

the setting is more for use with servery type setups where you want the
computer to turn on after the power goes off, and then comes back on again

Well, at least the electricity is easier to use than Windows. Just think. The
line voltage drops way down from 110v and you have to reboot the electrical
control panel in your basement and defragment it. If you ever get solar panels
to generate electricity for the house, make sure the controller is not running
Windows.

I think that the electric companies here generally provide 110v, plus or minus
something. Most electrical equipment is manufactured to withstand some
variations, up to 120v and down a bit, too... Ben Myers

On Wed, 16 Jan 2008 08:03:28 -0600, RnR <rnrtexas@gmail.com> wrote:

>On Tue, 15 Jan 2008 22:09:21 -0800 (PST), kkf718 <filar@alum.mit.edu>
>wrote:
>
>>My computer lives in another room from my monitor, keyboard, DVD
>>drive, etc. Is there anyway to bypass the power button on the front
>>of my Dell E510 and have it turn on by simply supplying the computer
>>with power? This is easy for me to control remotely.
>>
>>Thanks,
>
>
>Correct me please since I'm no electrical engineer but do we run on
>110 volts or 120 volts (USA)? I seem to recall hearing about house
>wiring either using 110 or 220 so I assumed that meant 110 volts? I
>guess I need a small electrical education. Sad to say I use
>electricity every day and don't even know what I use. I guess I will
>have to Google this .

Hi!

> There is another option called LAST that means when you
> shut it down properly you have to press the computer
> power button. It also means if there is a power failure, it will
> turn itself back on.

You don't have to press the computer power button to properly shut
down a machine set to "last state". That would only be needed for a
non-ACPI/APM aware OS. As long as the shutdown was caused by anything
other than a power failure, the machine will remember this and stay
off. A couple of my Dimension machines are set up this way.

This is handy for computers that might turn on at an inopportune time
after a power outage were they set to "always on after power
recovery"...think of a computer in a bedroom or something along those
lines. If it was turned off and the power went out, you wouldn't want
it coming back to life when you're asleep.

William

Thanks everyone. I will try this out tonight. This seems to be
exactly what I was looking for. I hadn't seen anything written on
this before, and just couldn't figure out the keyword queries to find
it.